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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen H. Bartelmez, Seattle, WA (US);
Ewa Sitnicka, Lund, SE;
Frank Ruscetti, New Market, MD (US);
Assignee:
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/06 ; C12N 5/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/06 ; C12N 5/08 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to stem cell compositions comprising anti-TGF-&bgr; treated stem cells which are viable for at least 14 days in culture without replication or differentiation and methods for rapid and long term in vitro hematopoiesis and in vivo hematopoietic reconstitution using such anti-TGF-&bgr; treated stem cells.